Party had no choice
The dye was cast in March, when Partypoker stopped letting affiliates see their individual tracker figures. The result of this was that high-volume players left Party because they could not longer get rakeback. The skins flourished, using Party's best customers.
This was a no-brainer for Party. They will suffer in the short term with lower traffic, but almost all those who left Party will return. They left for rakeback and they will return with rakeback, as it is readily available to anyone that looks. Maybe not as high as they were getting, but fairly close.
I would say that within two months, Party will be close to the figures they were at before. Not only that, but at a much higher profit/player ratio.
Tuco.
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